Origin of the name NEPHTHYS.
Etymology of the
name NEPHTHYS.
Meaning of the baby name NEPHTHYS.

NEPHTHYS (Νέφθυς).
Greek form of Egyptian Nebt-het
(q.v.), meaning "lady of the house."

Nephthys. Sister goddess to Isis, and wife of Set. She
helped Isis in her search for the body of the slain Osiris, and in her
lamentations over him. Therefore she is always associated with
Isis in funerary scenes. The two stand facing each other with
wings outspread on either side of the mummy, or they are carved at each
end of sarcophagi, or painted on coffins and mummies. Nephthys, or
Nebt-het, is the daughter of Seb and Nut, and as a nature goddess
represents, probably, the sunset. She is depicted as a woman, her
only distinguishing feature being her head-dress. According to
Plutarch's legend, she was the mother of Anubis. (A
Concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology, Brodrick, 1902).

NEPHTHYS, the sister of Isis,
and the goddess of the lower firmament. Her emblem was a dish or
basin. Her office was, together with Isis, to introduce and
perfect the souls of the deceased in the Judgment Hall of Osiris.
She was the special deity of the town of Tsebets, or Aphroditopolis.
According to the tradition of the Greeks this goddess was also the wife
of Set, and on the death of Osiris, she as the guardian of the mummy
protected his remains. Hence she was always represented as
standing at the foot of the sarcophagi, while Isis stood at the
head. Often also she was figured shielding the mummy with her
wings, or as weeping over the deceased kneeling on her knees with her
face shielded in her hands. (An Archaic Dictionary, Cooper, 1876).